A Boy and His Manuscript

[leahbobet]

jmeadows (7:34:59 PM): *destroys bad writing*
cristalia (7:35:13 PM): *manuscripts worldwide suddenly burst into flame*
cristalia (7:35:19 PM): *author shock!*
jmeadows (7:35:23 PM): *spits coffee*
stillnotbored (7:35:32 PM): *wails of anguish*
cristalia (7:35:45 PM): *wholesale conflagration in entire bookstore departments*
stillnotbored (7:36:12 PM): *manga sales skyrocket*
cristalia (7:36:28 PM): *at least, those that aren't on fire*
jmeadows (7:36:54 PM): *has THIS MUCH chatloff*
stillnotbored (7:36:55 PM): *urban fantasy becomes extinct in a day*
cristalia (7:37:37 PM): *surviving in-print authors wander a postapocalyptic wilderness, shivving each other for tinned food and readership*
stillnotbored (7:38:07 PM): *agents become warlords, ruling small bands of followers*
matociquala (7:38:20 PM): So how is this an alternate reality?